When were you happiest?

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Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.

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Recorded Colson Whitehead said elsewhere, not written here
Opening day of The Empire Strikes Back, 86th Street Loews.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2023 source ↗

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Burt Reynolds American actor
When I was under contract to Universal Pictures in 1959, just before I got my role on Riverboat.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 November 2015 source ↗

Stephen Dorff American actor
In the 90s. I am pretty happy now, but back then I didn’t have the heavier things that life brings as you get older.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2021 source ↗

Driving golf balls into the cricket pavilion on summer evenings in my pajamas.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2017 source ↗

Jay McInerney American writer
When my mother let me stay home from school even though I wasn't ill.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 June 2009 source ↗

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